NEWS

 

NEW BEDFORD, MA – Brad Monroe (Hampton, NH/Southern NH) scattered two

hits over six innings pitched and struck out seven batters to guide the

Keene Swamp Bats past the New Bedford Bay Sox, 4-0, in New England

Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) action on Sunday night at Paul Walsh

Field.

 

Keene improves to a league-best 16-8 overall. New Bedford falls to 8-10.

 

Monroe, who pushed his record to 2-1 in his fourth start this season,

walked only two batters in the outing while recording a punchout in

every frame but the fifth. Kyle Putkonen (Marietta, GA/Samford) suffered

the loss on six innings of work, two runs (both earned), three hits,

three walks and eight strikeouts.

 

The Swamp Bats bullpen brass consisting of TJ Ferguson (Westmoreland,

NH/Franklin Pierce), Tyler Skulina (Strongsville, OH/Kent St.) and Eddie

Medina (Staten Island, NY/St. John’s) combined for three scoreless

innings yielding just two hits, one walk and one strikeout to complete

Keene’s fourth shutout of the season along with Monroe.

 

Keene jumped on the scoreboard in the third inning as Alex Chittenden

(Indianapolis, IN/Louisville) drove home teammate Michael Burruss

(Marietta, GA/Georgia Southern) on a groundout to short to make it 1-0.

Kevin Brown (Northborough, MA/Bryant Univ.) followed with an RBI double

off of the left field wall plating Curt Powell (Knoxville, TN/Georgia)

from second base for an early 2-0 advantage.

 

With two outs and the bases loaded in the eighth inning, Swamp Bats

catcher David Lyon (Emporium, PA/Kent St.) gave Keene a 4-0 lead

depositing a two-run single into left field off of Bay Sox reliever Greg

Terhune (Washington, NJ, Seton Hall). 

 

Lyon, who returned to the Keene Swamp Bats squad prior to the game after

playing for the Team USA Collegiate National Team, went 1-for-4 with two

runs batted in.

 

Brown led the Swamp Bats offensively going 3-for-4 with one run scored

and one RBI. 

 

Keene returns to action tomorrow in doubleheader action against the

Holyoke Blue Sox, on the road, with game one starting at 5:30 pm. Game

one of the doubleheader between Keene and Holyoke will be a continuation

of a suspended contest between both clubs dating back to June 15.

 

 

Shawn Medeiros

Castleton State College 

Sports Information Graduate Assistant

Keene Swamp Bats

Director of Media Relations and Broadcasting

Cell: (774) 526-5805

Office: (802) 468-6172